The restaurant is the community’s first Black-owned pizza spot and the first sit-down establishment the area has seen for over 30 years. Plus- it has solar panels!
The deal includes assistance for bills, energy efficiency and renewables for low-income households, but leaves questions open on outage compensation, community solar and affordability, advocates say.
Experts say the difficulty and expense of adopting carbon capture and ‘green’ hydrogen technologies may ultimately push utilities to move away from fossil fuels.
The agreement includes investment in renewable energy and storage, energy efficiency, bill assistance and energy equity. It also gives favorable treatment to DTE shareholders, advocates say.
The bills would offer utility rebates for solar and battery storage and require operators to recognize those systems as grid assets. Low-income customers would receive higher incentives.
Minnesota advocates and legislators passed a transformative clean energy standard into law in the first few weeks of 2023. Unfortunately, Michigan is still back at the starting line.